Scientists have solved a decade-long question about the mechanism that preserves the centromere, the hub that ensures DNA divides correctly...
Virtually all multicellular organisms on Earth live in symbiotic associations with very large and complex microbial communities known as microbiomes....
The first crystal structure of an alternative DNA shape from the insulin gene has been revealed by a UCL-led research...
Orange, blue, calico, two-toned and … cotton-candy colored? Those are all the hues of lobsters that have showed up in...
Small interfering RNA (siRNA) drugs are a class of therapeutic agents that silence specific genes associated with inherited diseases. However,...
Since the catastrophic pandemics of the Middle Ages, one disease has almost proverbially symbolized contagion and death: the plague. It...
Conservation efforts directed towards just 0.7% of the world’s land mass could help protect one third of the world’s threatened...
Most animals live in intimate relationships with bacteria. Some of these bacteria live inside the cells of their hosts, but...
Some species of pterosaurs flew by flapping their wings while others soared like vultures, demonstrates a new study published in...
Researchers at Auburn University, in collaboration with scientists from the University of Basel and ETH Zurich, have made an advance...
Biosensors—devices that use biological molecules to detect the presence of a target substance—have enormous potential for detecting disease biomarkers, molecules-in-action...
When Southern Methodist University (SMU) researcher Alexander Chase was a young boy, the sheer diversity of plants in Earth’s tropical...
